Apparel-corset.



s. KoPs. APPAREL CORSET.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 16, 1908. 919,889. 1 Patent-,ea Apr. 27, 1909.

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Patented A111127, 1909.

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represent as far as the halves of an apparel corset of usual cont corset.

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applies'special tension on the flaps g h, ulling the same toward one another possibly at the eX ense of tension upon the back of the ap are corset between the points of sewed union 2 3 of the flaps to the fabric body and the lacing edges, and in this manner the desired amount of tension is applied at the back of the corset and beneath the corset directl over the fleshso as to gradually effect the esired reduction in hip area.

Referring to Fig. 3, which shows a modified ferm of rny improved corset, a" and b1 shown in the drawing,

the back lacecially above ace of the corstruction. c1 and d1 represent ing edges with usual eyelets es the waist line. e1 is the upper set trorn the top downto about .the waist lille. In this form as in the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2, V:the essential feature of the invention consistsin the flaps g1 h1. These are generally similar to the flaps shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except that they are of lar er area, and their sewed line of union 2 3 to t e fabric body of the respective halves of the apparel corset are farther away from the lacing edges and nearer to the over-hip portions of the These flaps in Fig. 3 come a little lower down from the waist` line than the flaps shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and they also corne a little nearer to the lower edges of the corset. Like the flaps shown in Figs. 1 and 2, they are provided with laces 6 and 7 secured to the free'ends and opposite corners of the flaps g 1 h1. These laces diver e and ass to andthrough eyelets in the a jacent acingedges and then back and forth through said eye ets toward one another; their respective ends erner ing from adjacent eyelets and the free ends o said laces are adapted to be grasped by the hands of the wearer of the corset and pulled upon to take up the slack of the corset and at the saine time draw together snugl the back lacing edges ofthe corset; the aces being tied in the, usual manner after the desired amount of' tension has been applied;

It will be noticed from Fig. 3, that the lacedges below the Waist line only contain the nunibexl of eyelets required for the back and forth lacing of the laces 6 7 instead of the number of laces usually employed and shown in Fi s. 1 and 2, for itis not necessary with these aps to. put into the lacing edges more eyelets than are actually requiredf The forms of my invention shown in Fiffs. 1 and 2 on the one hand and Fig: 3 en the other hand are alike oses; the difference being solely a difference of area or extent of the flaps and the specific location of the same.

I do not herein limit myself either to the exact form 4or pre ortions of the flaps nor their exact point o sewed union to the under to all intents and purl surface of the corset, as I do not wish to restrict myself to the area ofthe flaps or shape of the same, or the articular place at which they are attache body; it beimr of course understood approximately what is the shape and point of attachment and in any event the fact that the flaps are secured to the under surface of the corset below the waist.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an a )parel corset and in combination with the halves thereof, of flaps located on the under side of the corset at the back and below the waist and secured to the fabric body of the corset by sewed lines of union, and laces connected to the free ends of said flaps and passing back and forth through the back lacing eyelets of the corset for a plying tension and for drawing simultaneous y upon the corset and the flaps.

2. In an apparel corset and in combination with the halves of an apparel corset of usual construction, of flaps secured to the under surface of the corset bysewed lines of union about over the hi is, said flaps 'being shorter in horizontal wi th than the distance between their sewed lines of union and the usual lacing edges of the corset, and laces connected to the free ends of said. flaps and passing through spaced apart eyelets in the labing edges and then back and forth throughthe eyelets of the lacing edges and the ends of said laces in line to be grasped by the hand for simultaneo`usly drawing up the corset at the back and applying tension to the flaps.

with the ha ves thereof, of flaps of similar form located on the under side of the corset at the back and below the waist in reversed positions and secured to the fabric bodyof the corset by sewed lines of union along opiosite distant edges and having free edges l 1n opposition coming short of the back lacing edges of the corset, and laces connecte to the free ends of said flaps and passin(r back and forth through the back lacing eyelets of the corset toward one another and adapted to be drawn uponI for applying tension simultaneously upon the corset and flaps. l 4. In an ap with each hal thereof, of a flap sewed alon r lone edge to the fabric body, a lace attache l to the ree end of the flap, and eyelets in the fabric body through which the lace passes, so

arranged tension is simultaneously app icd to the corset and flaps.

5. Ih an a parel corset and in combination t with the ha ves thereof, of flaps similar in form and set in opposition and sewed along t one edge to the fa `)ric body,- laccs attache l to the free ends of the ila ps and eyelets in the fabric body through which the laces pass to to the fabric' 3. In an a parel corset and in con1bination,

that in drawing upon said laces` halves below the waist arel corset and in combination I 919,889 l f a' be drawn upon in applying tension to the straps. v

61.1 In ailnp fall corfset falflld in combnaltion wit eac 'a tereo,o assewe aong T 5 one edge to the fabric body 1blow the Waist i SAMUE KOPS e and means pullin simul'taneousl upon Witnesses:

the free ends of said aps and bhe a jacent GEC.l T. PINGKNEY,

edges of the corset for drawing the same to- E. ZACHARIASEN;

Ward one another and effecting their adjustment.

Signed by me this 3d day of July, 1908. 

